Yep. My BiL just sent a pic from just outside North Liberty. Same funnel cloud.
I was fishing w/ my grandpa once back in the late 90's on a lake in SW Iowa. You could tell there was rain coming, and my grandpa told me we may just move into a cove for a bit and take some cover with our ponchos on. Right after he said that a dude in a REALLY nice bass boat came zooming up to us and told us there's a tornado on the ground and heading towards the lake. Then he said he had to go let the other guys know too, and took off down the lake at probably about 60-70mph. We took the boat, loaded up and went into Afton for a bit to wait it out. Came back after the storms came through, and there was a damage path straight down into the cove we were thinking about sheltering in. Tornado went straight down through it. Crazy close call.
Usually the ruling would be that, as an Iowan, you should have stayed put and watched the tornado come in, but will give you some slack since you were a youngster at the time.
Yep. It must have been the same place. I noticed that too.
I saw video from a couple of friends. Did it reach the ground??
That guy was not Iowa Chill.
I live at the top of a hill on one side of a valley, and it certainly roped down beyond the hills on the other side to the East. People nearer said it touched down in a field near Kirkwood.
You ain't getting no helicopter fly over from the Governor with that weak ass storm!!!
QC Weather Bubble held.
But it was dicey for a bit.
Yes, I drove by this same place and saw the damage. I drove by it again last weekend and all that is left is a concrete slab.
Not here - in Muscatine.
QC Weather Bubble held.
But it was dicey for a bit.
